Property of Richard Rosenberg, Winnetka, IL Sheldon Harvey Navajo, (b. 1978), three mixed media sculptures, Yei figures, 2007 and 2010, each signed verso. the largest height 43in, width 14 1/2, depth 11 1/2in Fußnoten A self-taught painter and sculptor, the majority of Sheldon Harvey's work is inspired by Diné folklore and religion. Harvey mixes elements and features found in traditional representations of Yei spirits with expressionism, cubism, and other modern and contemporary aesthetics. Alluding to the Navajo Creation Story, the wings and elongated bodies of these sculptures evoke the insect-like Air-Spirit Beings that inhabited the First World, "Nihodilhil."
Property of Richard Rosenberg, Winnetka, IL Sheldon Harvey Navajo, (b. 1978), three mixed media sculptures, Yei figures, 2007 and 2010, each signed verso. the largest height 43in, width 14 1/2, depth 11 1/2in Fußnoten A self-taught painter and sculptor, the majority of Sheldon Harvey's work is inspired by Diné folklore and religion. Harvey mixes elements and features found in traditional representations of Yei spirits with expressionism, cubism, and other modern and contemporary aesthetics. Alluding to the Navajo Creation Story, the wings and elongated bodies of these sculptures evoke the insect-like Air-Spirit Beings that inhabited the First World, "Nihodilhil."
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